The 2004 Kevin Spacey film "Beyond the Sea" is a biography of what late singer?

"Beyond the Sea" is a 2004 American musical drama film based on the life of singer/actor Bobby Darin. Starring in the lead role and using his own singing voice for the musical numbers, Kevin Spacey co-wrote, directed, and co-produced the film, which takes its title from Darin's hit version of the song of the same name. The movie depicts Darin's rise to success in both the music and film industry during the 1950's and 1960's, as well as his marriage to Sandra Dee, portrayed by Kate Bosworth.

The film opened in limited release in the United States on December 17, 2004 and went into wider release on December 29. It grossed $6,318,709 in the US and $2,128,906 in international markets for a total worldwide box office of $8,447,615. It was declared a box office bomb because it did not make back its $25 million budget.

Rather than providing a straightforward biography, the film weaves fantasy sequences with scenes containing somewhat fictionalized accounts of events in Darin's life, and throughout it, the adult singer interacts with his younger self. It chronicles his determination to rise from his working class roots as Walden Robert Cassotto, a frail Bronx boy plagued by multiple bouts of rheumatic fever, and become a singer more famous than Frank Sinatra. In the late 1960's, Darin becomes involved in the campaign to elect Robert F. Kennedy for President and contemplates a political career of his own.